Results for "Jon Gold"

Chasing Echos

By Jon Gold

Label: Entropic
Released: 2025
Track listing: 1. Breaking the Ice (4:59)2. For Sergio Mendes (4:28)3. Fantasie (4:00)4. Pegasus (4:25)5. Nine for MZ6. An Eon of Ages (4:41)7. Chasing Echos (4:16)8. Tone Poem for the Americas9.Blues Pe de Serra (3:57)10. Athena’s Web (3:39)11. Friends United (5:11)

Wynton Marsalis, Dwayne Clemons, John Coltrane & Phil Merriman

by Joe Dimino
October 27, 2024

From across the pond, we proudly kick off the 877th episode of Neon Jazz with a masterful touch from veteran pianist Phil Merriman and his trio, showcasing fresh sounds from his 2024 release The Roots Beneath. Following that, we dive into the brilliance of Merriman's mentor, the legendary British pianist John Taylor, whose sextet delivers tasty ...

Jon Gold

Born: September 22, 1958

Originally from Palo Alto, California, pianist and composer Jon Gold has had a life long interest in Brazilian and Latin jazz.

He's performed throughout northern California, including the Monterey Jazz Festival, and throughout Rio de Janeiro. Along the way he's recorded with such artists as Airto Moreira and bassist Harvie S.

Jon also has a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of California at Santa Cruz and gained noteriety as the first person to ever melt a diamond.

Back to Brazil: Part One

by Mark Holston
July 30, 2019

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 The recent passing of Brazilian music icon João Gilberto at the age of 88 invites us to reflect on the music revolution he was influential in sparking over six decades ago. The singer and guitarist, partnering with composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, announced the arrival of a ...

Bossa of Possibility

By Jon Gold

Label: Blujazz
Released: 2012
Track listing: Ora Bolas; Bossa of Possibility; Bugalu 2-3-6; Theme For Impermanence; Buster; Caroline Dance; AOC; P’bubu; Mineira; Mainstay; Samba Ballet; Stanley.

Jon Gold: Bossa of Possibility

by Jerry D'Souza
May 14, 2012

Keyboardist Jon Gold continues where he left off with Brazil Confidential (Blujazz Records, 2011) and his love for Brazilian and Latin jazz. He brings back several of the musicians from that date to help essay 12 new compositions which ease into terrain that goes beyond his root calling. He adds to the mood of the music ...

Ora Bolas! (Scott's Mix -- Bonus Track)

January 6, 2012

Album: Bossa of Possibility
By Jon Gold
Label: Blujazz
Released: 2012
Duration: 03:43

Brazil Confidential

By Jon Gold

Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2010
Track listing: Além Do Azul; Funky Jabour; Teresinha; Carioca da Clara; Confissão; Singela; Vitamin B; Paraty; Parafuso A Menos; Janacek Suite No. 4; Rapadura; Parazen.

Jon Gold: Brazil Confidential

by Jerry D'Souza
May 3, 2010

Jon Gold is a fluid and lyrical pianist with a deft approach, who lets his ideas flow with facile ease. His artistry is not surprising, given that his early influences were classical composers like Ravel, as well as jazz pianists Oscar Peterson and McCoy Tyner. He was entranced enough by Tyner to learn almost all of ...

Jon Gold: Brazil Confidential

by Raul d'Gama Rose
April 3, 2010

Jon Gold's Brazil Confidential is unique. It is an album of music that shows just how much the pianist and composer has internalized the Brazilian experience and what that can do for authenticity when it comes to an American musician writing in a Brazilian style. It may be true that the experience is largely urban, but ...